Apple Computers

The name Macintosh (or Mac since 1998), which identifies all computers produced by Apple these days, was initially just that of the specific computer model presented in January 1984 , frequently (and incorrectly) called first Macintosh, original Macintosh or Macintosh 128K (which is actually that of a slightly ...

Apple also plans to call Susan Kare, who designed many of the early icons for Apple's Macintosh computers, to talk about icon and user interface graphics design. Other witnesses include Ravin Balakrishnan, a professor of computer science; Alan Ball, an industrial design expert; Julie Davis, a consultant ...

This hasn't been the best year for Apple in the battery department. ... According to Apple, a component in the batteries in some of its 13-inch MacBook Pro units can fail, which causes the built-in battery in the device to ... You can see if yours was affected by inputting your computer's serial number in here.

Here's how to activate biometric security on Windows and macOS computers. ... However, you can log in to an Apple computer with Touch ID technology—as long as that computer is a newer model of MacBook Pro equipped with an integrated Touch Bar, a thin touch-sensitive panel located above the ...

It doesn't matter how important your business process is, there really is no excuse for fiddly and complex user interfaces, often used features that are nested deep in the innards of the app, or inconsistent software behavior. If your workers are using better computers at home, or better mobile devices, then ...

9to5Mac spotted the program, which will allow users to get the computer's battery replaced on certain non-Touch Bar 13-inch MacBook Pro models. Apple notes that a small number of computers manufactured between October 2016 and October 2017 have a faulty component which causes the battery to ...

The Street is perusing those personal computer shipment data for Q1 that came out after the closing bell yesterday. David Wong with Wells Fargo calls the results "fairly good,” prompting him to reiterate his Outperform ratings on Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Micron Technology (MU).

Apple has been pushing developers to update their apps to 64-bit technology. That enables faster apps that can juggle large amounts of data more efficiently than the 32-bit processors common in older computers and mobile devices. Apple's modern, underlying technology for its computers -- such as its ...

Apple's iMac Pro lineup incorporates Intel's highest-end Xeon W processors, which are designed to be used in systems with a single processor. I expect that future iMac Pro computers will continue to use Xeon W processors, and that the Mac Pro will support up to two future Xeon processors in the same ...

The final line from Apple's iPad commercial last November was probably meant to spark a reaction — and it was successful. After biking around the city using an iPad Pro to do her homework and generally hang with friends, a teenager's neighbor asks her what she's “doing on her computer.” Her response: ...

It is more believable that Apple is making new co-processors for more Mac OS X computer products. There is little financial incentive to drop Intel processors on Macs. A BofA Merrill Lynch analyst, Wamsi Mohan, said Apple can save $40 to $50 if it uses its own in-house Mac processors. That translates to an ...

Apple (AAPL - Free Report) has been planning a major overhaul of its Mac Pro computers, released in 2013, for quite some time now. Finally, the company revealed to TechCrunch that it is likely to unveil the same in 2019. Apple has not given any information on product specifications but confirmed that it ...

Apple may start using its own chips in Mac computers as soon as 2020. The company is in the early stages of creating its own processors for the MacBook and iMac, which currently run on Intel chips, according to unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg on Monday. Should this happen, the Mac computer ...

When Apple announced a shift from IBM and Motorola's PowerPC chips in 2005, competitors using Intel's chips in their computers had a big edge in performance. Today, some of Apple laptops that are built with Intel chips are getting trounced. And it's Apple's own mobile chips inside iPhones and iPads that ...

Steve Jobs's involvement with the piece included a pre-taped interview, where he talked about Apple ][ computers being “the bicycle for the mind,” in addition ... brought on to a news show because they had opposing views, were able to agree on something, namely that computer literacy was a good thing.

I asked for a Mac because Apple products were all I knew. I remember when they used a cart to roll in the first Apple computer to my elementary school classroom, an Apple IIe. I played Number Munchers, and later Oregon Trail on an Apple IIgs machine. These were Apple Computers, not Macs. I remember ...

Apple announced support for Thunderbolt 3-based external GPUs with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. Only select GPUs, external GPU docks, and Apple computers are supported, however, and the feature still won't work on Windows Boot Camp. On the computer side, 2016-and-later MacBook Pro laptops, ...

On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak formed Apple Computer out of Job's garage in Los Altos, Calif. The two geniuses joined forces to sell Wozniak's invention, the Apple I, but neither had any idea that the hobbyist machine would soon birth the global personal computer market. But did you ...

If you grew up in an American school, there's a good chance you learned to type and do schoolwork on an Apple computer. ... To Apple design devotees, this desktop is the missing link between the beige Macintosh computers of the early '90s and the original Bondi Blue iMac that took the world by storm ...

Apple has spent the last few years insisting that the iPad can replace your computer, and I've never understood how that could possibly be true. And the latest "iPad Pro - What's a computer?" ad campaign from late 2017 proves the company isn't relenting. It's even suggesting that "computers" will become ...

As a technology industry analyst, I have had the privilege of covering Apple since 1981. During this period of time, I have watched Apple introduce new products and change leadership many times. I've delved deep into its product roadmaps and strategies. In the process I have learned a great deal about ...

In 1978, Apple made a deal with the Minnesota Education Computing Consortium (MECC), in which it supplied 500 computers for that state's schools. ... Steve Jobs said in an interview with the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program in 1995 during the NeXT Computer era, that "one of the things that ...